Orinda Planning Commission, May 26, 2026
The commission received a staff update on the project at 15 Irwin Way and considered a request for design review and exception permits to legalize a constructed structure, with the votes ending 3-3.
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The meeting, in short
The commission received a staff update on the project at 15 Irwin Way and considered a request for design review and exception permits to legalize a constructed structure, with the votes ending 3-3. 14:56
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Members we named
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Of the speech we named for Kumani Armstrong here:
- 18% name said just before they spoke
- 82% name said in the same meeting
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Of the speech we named for Marian Jelinek here:
- 100% known by voice (the name was said by or just before that voice)
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Of the speech we named for Robert Hubner here:
- 100% known by voice (the name was said by or just before that voice)
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Of the speech we named for Molly Doctors Rajashekhar here:
- 100% name said in the same meeting
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Of the speech we named for Morgan Oblinsky here:
- 100% known by voice (the name was said by or just before that voice)
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Of the speech we named for Michael Merola here:
- 10% name said just before they spoke
- 90% name said in the same meeting
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Officials on the body's own roster or its own minutes, whose voice passed our check. Minutes count only speech we could name, so they are a floor. Members of the public, students and staff are never named. More on how we count